WHIF's found in Magazines/books

[ericr]

ah, Yoko Tsuno   

[Dizzyfugu]

another accidental find... Marvel's Sky Wolves and their exotic mounts:







Note the interesting design twist of these "jet powered Flapjacks":




More here, BTW: http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/skywolveswwii.htm

[Tophe]

VTOL Flapjack? Wow!

[Jesse220]

No Way! 

[Madoc]

Wow!  Never heard of that one.  Yeah, it's a blatant copying of "Blackhawks!" but, what the hell!  It certainly would get some odd looks at a model contest showing up with a jet / prop VTOL F5U-2 in that livery!

[Captain Canada]

I like it. Very Bat like. Looks like a cut down CF-100 as well.

[NARSES2]

In this months SAM's report on the Bolton show there's a WIF that I initially didn't give a second look because I assumed it was a F.A.A. Tomcat. However putting my glasses on it appears to be a swing wing Phantom with the wings at full sweep. Very nice 

[Captain Canada]

From an old manual that was my Grandfathers, he was a fitter at 6RD during and after the war.



Makes me think the RCAF was considering the B-29

[PR19_Kit]

And KC-97s to refuel them too. Bags of Whiffness scope there. 

[jcf]

Looks like a KB-29P refueling the B-29 rather than a KC-97.

[PR19_Kit]

Could be, yes. They'd have ended up with KC-97s though. 

[jcf]

... or, seeing as it's Canada, KB-50s carrying air-droppable lifeboats for SAR and
they'd still be in service today.

[PR19_Kit]

How about air droppable sleds and dog teams too? 

[jcf]

 

[Captain Canada]

I've got a few B-29/ KB-50s in the stash that I have always wanted to whif RCAF